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SUMMARY:Contemporary Conversations with bestselling author Sheree Renée
  Thomas 
LOCATION:Rockville Memorial Library\nRockville Memorial Library
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DESCRIPTION:This program is offered in-person and via live streaming. Ther
 e are two different registration venues to attend in-person or live stream
 ing. Check information in the description before registering..\nhttps://mc
 pl.libnet.info/event/7886631
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling\, two-tim
 e World Fantasy Award-winning author and editor Sheree Ren&eacute\;e Thoma
 s will talk about Afrofuturism &amp\; Diversity in Sci-Fi\, in celebration
  of Black History Month.</p>\n<p>Thomas has been a 2022 Hugo Award Finalis
 t\, her collection\,&nbsp\;Nine Bar Blues\,&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;a Locus\, Igynt
 e\, and World Fantasy Finalist. She edited the groundbreaking Dark Matter 
 anthologies that introduced a century of Black speculative fiction\, inclu
 ding W.E.B. Du Bois's science fiction stories. Thomas wrote Marvel&rsquo\;
 s&nbsp\;Black Panther:&nbsp\;Panther&rsquo\;s Rage&nbsp\;novel (Oct &rsquo
 \;22)\, adapted from the legendary comics\, collaborated with Janelle Mon&
 aacute\;e on&nbsp\;The Memory Librarian\,&nbsp\;and is the editor of&nbsp\
 ;The Magazine of Fantasy &amp\; Science Fiction\, founded in 1949 and Obsi
 dian\, founded in 1975.&nbsp\;In 2022 she co-curated Carnegie Hall's histo
 ric\, citywide Afrofuturism Festival.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The program will take
  place at the Rockville Memorial Library and it will also be offered via l
 ive streaming.</p>\n<p>For registration to attend the program <strong><spa
 n style="color: #ff0000\;">in-person</span></strong> at the Rockville Memo
 rial Library\, please click the REGISTER&nbsp\;button and register there. 
 Seating is limited.</p>\n<p>For registration to attend the program via <sp
 an style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong>live streaming</strong></span> from an
 ywhere\, please fill out this form - <a href="https://bit.ly/MCPLLiveStrea
 mingSheree">https://bit.ly/MCPLLiveStreamingSheree</a></p>\n<p>Registrants
  for both in-person and via live streaming venues will receive further inf
 ormation as the date for the program approaches.</p>\n<p>This Contemporary
  Conversations program is sponsored by Friends of the Library Montgomery C
 ounty (FOLMC) and the Literacy Council of Montgomery County (LCMC).</p>\n<
 p>Don't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&n
 bsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.link/library-card-from-event-listing">Get a Lib
 rary Card</a>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p
 >\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<a href=
 "https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">En
 glish-language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at lea
 st five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Con
 tact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777
 -0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>
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